{"podcast":{"title":"Written in Stone: Climbing History","slug":"written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506","podcast_index_feed_id":6643506,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/written-in-stone/feed.xml","website_url":"https://written-in-stone.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17334982/wis-s3-main.jpg","author":"Plug Tone Audio","episode_count":95,"summary":"Written in Stone tells the (mostly) true stories of the most groundbreaking ascents in rock climbing history, one climb at a time. Hosted by Kris Hampton, you’ll hear the narrated, sound designed stories about what led to new levels in climbing, alternated with conversations with today’s top climbers about what inspired them about what went down way back then. Season One: The 1990’s Season Two: The 1980’s Season Three: The History of Modern Bouldering Like Todd Skinner always said, ”never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T04:21:35.105382+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506"},"episode":{"title":"Louise Shepherd on Her Female Climbing Role Models and Connecting with Other Women in the '80s","slug":"louise-shepherd-on-her-female-climbing-role-models-and-connecting-with-other-women-in-the-80s","published_at":"2025-05-19T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/louise-shepherd-on-her-female-climbing-role-models-and-connecting-with-other-women-in-the-80s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506","url":"https://written-in-stone.podbean.com/e/louise-shepherd-on-her-female-climbing-role-models-and-connecting-with-other-women-in-the-80s/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ww7i8khdjpze8e2u/Louise-Shepherd-Convo.mp3","summary":"Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Louise Shepherd was and is a juggernaut for women’s climbing, particularly in Australia, where she did for climbing what Lynn Hill did in the US - make it impossible to ignore that women are excellent at this. And this was before everybody got the news from everywhere immediately - so, yes, there needed to be a palpable example in all of the climbing hotspots. And there was. Jill Lawrence in the UK, Catherine Destivelle in France, Christine Gambert, though French, was often climbing in Germany, Lynn Hill in the US, and of course, Louise Shepherd in Australia. Louise and I only had a short time to chat, so I came in researched and ready, and trying to fill some of the gaps that I hadn’t been able to fill through my reading, and in turn, got some great stories from Louise about climbing with the other women we’ve been discussing. Save Arapiles Climbing Petition: https://www.change.org/p/save-natimuk-stop-the-rock-climbing-ban-at-the-famous-mt-arapiles Save Arapiles Climbing Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_bYfeWq_Nw Check out our website for related episodes, resources and more! Join the Secret Stoners Club for FREE and get bonus episodes. ---------------------------------- Season Two is generously supported by Rab. This episode is supported by Tension Climbing and The Tension Board 2. Written in Stone is co-created with Power Company Climbing.","meta_description":"Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s! Louise Shepherd was and is a juggernaut for women’s climbing, particularly in Australia, where she di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2575,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/episodes/louise-shepherd-on-her-female-climbing-role-models-and-connecting-with-other-women-in-the-80s/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/written-in-stone-climbing-history-6643506/louise-shepherd-on-her-female-climbing-role-models-and-connecting-with-other-women-in-the-80s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}